{"id":45379,"date":"2026-09-30T00:05:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T23:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/?p=45379"},"modified":"2026-09-30T02:20:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T01:20:28","slug":"michael-oconnor-michaeloconnorfl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/michael-oconnor-michaeloconnorfl\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael O\u2019Connor @MichaelOConnorFL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Profession:<\/strong> <\/em>Author &amp; Independent Publisher<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Sector:<\/em><\/strong> Fiction Publishing &amp; Digital Media<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Social networks:<\/strong> <\/em>Facebook, Instagram, TikTok<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Born in:<\/strong> <\/em>Drogheda (Ireland)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What kind of content do you create?<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n<p>I write and independently publish original fiction across several genres, including horror, military science-fiction thrillers and crime dramas. Each series is developed as a multi-format property, with companion podcasts and serialised audio dramas. Alongside this, I run Lanzarote Blogger.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>How do social media platforms make a difference to your work?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>They are central to how I build and sustain a readership, allowing me to engage directly with my audience, share the creative process behind each release and cultivate long-term loyalty. My core followers form an active and invested community.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Do you have many followers?<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n<p>I have over 30,000 followers across my platforms, forming a steadily growing and engaged community built around consistent releases and direct interaction.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What is your relationship with Lanzarote?<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n<p>My wife and I moved to Lanzarote 10 years ago to start a new life, and the island has since become an integral part of both my personal and professional life. Lanzarote is my creative environment and inspiration. Through Lanzarote Blogger, I actively promote a healthy way of living and working on the island.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What\u2019s next on the horizon?<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n<p>I am currently developing a new horror concept, alongside continued expansion of my existing series through new novels and podcast releases. I am also exploring a rebrand of my author identity. On the Lanzarote Blogger side, I plan to further build out content along the same lines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Profession: Author &amp; Independent Publisher Sector: Fiction Publishing &amp; Digital Media Social networks: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok Born in: Drogheda (Ireland) &nbsp; What kind of content do you create? I write [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":45377,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-features","category-interviews"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Michael O\u2019Connor @MichaelOConnorFL - Viva Lanzarote<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I write and independently publish original fiction across several genres, including horror, military science-fiction thrillers\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/michael-oconnor-michaeloconnorfl\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Michael O\u2019Connor @MichaelOConnorFL - Viva Lanzarote\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I write and independently publish original fiction across several genres, including horror, military science-fiction thrillers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/michael-oconnor-michaeloconnorfl\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Viva Lanzarote\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/vivalanzaroterevista\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-09-29T23:05:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-30T01:20:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/michael-oconnor-lanzarote.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Viva Lanzarote\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Viva Lanzarote\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\\\/en\\\/michael-oconnor-michaeloconnorfl\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\\\/en\\\/michael-oconnor-michaeloconnorfl\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Viva Lanzarote\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/579fcbf1b9e46f7724416c306460d858\"},\"headline\":\"Michael O\u2019Connor @MichaelOConnorFL\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-29T23:05:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-30T01:20:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\\\/en\\\/michael-oconnor-michaeloconnorfl\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":259,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\\\/en\\\/michael-oconnor-michaeloconnorfl\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/michael-oconnor-lanzarote.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"Features\",\"Interviews\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\\\/en\\\/michael-oconnor-michaeloconnorfl\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\\\/en\\\/michael-oconnor-michaeloconnorfl\\\/\",\"name\":\"Michael O\u2019Connor @MichaelOConnorFL - Viva Lanzarote\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\\\/en\\\/michael-oconnor-michaeloconnorfl\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\\\/en\\\/michael-oconnor-michaeloconnorfl\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/michael-oconnor-lanzarote.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-29T23:05:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-30T01:20:28+00:00\",\"description\":\"I write and independently publish original fiction across several genres, including horror, military science-fiction thrillers\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\\\/en\\\/michael-oconnor-michaeloconnorfl\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\\\/en\\\/michael-oconnor-michaeloconnorfl\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\\\/en\\\/michael-oconnor-michaeloconnorfl\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/michael-oconnor-lanzarote.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/michael-oconnor-lanzarote.webp\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1440,\"caption\":\"Michael O\u2019Connor\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\\\/en\\\/michael-oconnor-michaeloconnorfl\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Portada\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Michael O\u2019Connor @MichaelOConnorFL\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Viva Lanzarote\",\"description\":\"Viva Lanzarote es la revista l&iacute;der de Lanzarote. Biling&uuml;e y de alta calidad con la mayor distribuci&oacute;n y n&uacute;mero de ejemplares de Lanzarote.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Viva Lanzarote\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/viva-lanzarote-logotipo-inicio.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/viva-lanzarote-logotipo-inicio.jpg\",\"width\":400,\"height\":324,\"caption\":\"Viva Lanzarote\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/vivalanzaroterevista\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/viva_lanzarote_revista\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UC72l0ykvf7J5jYBmmzx7-YA\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/579fcbf1b9e46f7724416c306460d858\",\"name\":\"Viva Lanzarote\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/viva-lanzarote-logotipo-inicio-150x150.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/viva-lanzarote-logotipo-inicio-150x150.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/10\\\/viva-lanzarote-logotipo-inicio-150x150.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Viva Lanzarote\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Michael O\u2019Connor @MichaelOConnorFL - Viva Lanzarote","description":"I write and independently publish original fiction across several genres, including horror, military science-fiction thrillers","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/michael-oconnor-michaeloconnorfl\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Michael O\u2019Connor @MichaelOConnorFL - Viva Lanzarote","og_description":"I write and independently publish original fiction across several genres, including horror, military science-fiction thrillers","og_url":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/michael-oconnor-michaeloconnorfl\/","og_site_name":"Viva Lanzarote","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/vivalanzaroterevista\/","article_published_time":"2026-09-29T23:05:06+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-09-30T01:20:28+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1440,"url":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/michael-oconnor-lanzarote.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"Viva Lanzarote","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Viva Lanzarote","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/michael-oconnor-michaeloconnorfl\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/michael-oconnor-michaeloconnorfl\/"},"author":{"name":"Viva Lanzarote","@id":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/579fcbf1b9e46f7724416c306460d858"},"headline":"Michael O\u2019Connor @MichaelOConnorFL","datePublished":"2026-09-29T23:05:06+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-30T01:20:28+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/michael-oconnor-michaeloconnorfl\/"},"wordCount":259,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/michael-oconnor-michaeloconnorfl\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/michael-oconnor-lanzarote.webp","articleSection":["Features","Interviews"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/michael-oconnor-michaeloconnorfl\/","url":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/michael-oconnor-michaeloconnorfl\/","name":"Michael O\u2019Connor @MichaelOConnorFL - Viva Lanzarote","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/michael-oconnor-michaeloconnorfl\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/michael-oconnor-michaeloconnorfl\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/michael-oconnor-lanzarote.webp","datePublished":"2026-09-29T23:05:06+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-30T01:20:28+00:00","description":"I write and independently publish original fiction across several genres, including horror, military science-fiction thrillers","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/michael-oconnor-michaeloconnorfl\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/michael-oconnor-michaeloconnorfl\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/michael-oconnor-michaeloconnorfl\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/michael-oconnor-lanzarote.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/michael-oconnor-lanzarote.webp","width":1920,"height":1440,"caption":"Michael O\u2019Connor"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/michael-oconnor-michaeloconnorfl\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Portada","item":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Michael O\u2019Connor @MichaelOConnorFL"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/","name":"Viva Lanzarote","description":"Viva Lanzarote es la revista l&iacute;der de Lanzarote. Biling&uuml;e y de alta calidad con la mayor distribuci&oacute;n y n&uacute;mero de ejemplares de Lanzarote.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/#organization","name":"Viva Lanzarote","url":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/viva-lanzarote-logotipo-inicio.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/viva-lanzarote-logotipo-inicio.jpg","width":400,"height":324,"caption":"Viva Lanzarote"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/vivalanzaroterevista\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/viva_lanzarote_revista\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC72l0ykvf7J5jYBmmzx7-YA"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/579fcbf1b9e46f7724416c306460d858","name":"Viva Lanzarote","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/viva-lanzarote-logotipo-inicio-150x150.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/viva-lanzarote-logotipo-inicio-150x150.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/viva-lanzarote-logotipo-inicio-150x150.jpg","caption":"Viva Lanzarote"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45379"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45592,"href":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45379\/revisions\/45592"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viva-lanzarote.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}